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Network-reachable API requiring low-privilege credentials; redirect bypass is low complexity; changed scope reflects SSRF reaching internal systems beyond API trust boundary.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Foxit
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2DescriptionCVE.org
The PDF creation feature of Foxit PDF Services API supports referencing external files. Although local file access is restricted, an attacker could trigger an SSRF vulnerability by using URL redirection to bypass validation, leading to information disclosure.
AnalysisAI
Server-Side Request Forgery in Foxit PDF Services API allows low-privileged remote attackers to bypass local file access restrictions by embedding redirect-chain URLs in PDF creation requests, causing the server to fetch arbitrary internal resources and disclose sensitive information. The CVSS vector (S:C/C:H) confirms the scope change extends to internal backend systems inaccessible to the attacker directly, making this a meaningful lateral-visibility primitive in environments where the API reaches internal network segments. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and no KEV listing, though the low attack complexity elevates urgency for internet-exposed deployments.
Technical ContextAI
CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery) arises when a server-side component fetches a user-supplied URL without adequately validating the final destination after redirects. Foxit PDF Services API (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software_inc.:foxit_pdf_services_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) includes a PDF creation feature that accepts references to external files by URL. The product applies an allow/deny policy to restrict local file URIs, but the validation occurs only on the initial URL - not on the ultimate redirect target. An attacker submits a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled redirect service, which then issues an HTTP 301/302 to an internal address (e.g., http://169.254.169.254/metadata, http://internal-service/admin). The API follows the redirect, fetches that internal content, and includes it in the PDF output or error response, exfiltrating data across trust boundaries. The wide CPE version range ('*') indicates all known versions of the API are affected.
RemediationAI
Consult the Foxit security bulletins page at https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html for the specific patch or updated API version addressing CVE-2026-18597 - no exact fixed version is confirmed from the available intelligence (upstream fix version not independently verified from the provided data). As a compensating control while awaiting a patch, configure egress firewall rules on the API server host to block outbound HTTP/HTTPS requests to RFC-1918 private address ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16), link-local addresses (169.254.0.0/16), and cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254, fd00:ec2::254). Note this mitigates SSRF to internal networks but does not prevent SSRF to external attacker-controlled servers if the API is permitted general internet egress. If the PDF external file reference feature is not operationally required, disabling it entirely eliminates the attack surface - verify the trade-off against application functionality before doing so. Implementing an explicit allowlist of permitted URL domains at the application layer (rather than a denylist of bad destinations) is a more durable control than redirect-chain validation.
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EUVD-2026-53823
GHSA-r64m-2vjm-2m73